Top Hat - Better Learning Reviews – Page 21
5/5 rating based on 230 reviews. Read all reviews for Top Hat - Better Learning for iPhone.
Top Hat - Better Learning is free iOS app published by TopHatMonocle Corp
frustrated
NerdyPickle
since the latest update the app won't stay open for longer than 5 mins before crashing, i can't leave a good review. i enjoyed the app. before the most recent update; for the most part, i had zero problems with it! very frustrating for me, as TopHat is used heavily in my college algebra class.
Buggy Latex Support
Jingles2007
Connection issues (mentioned in previous reviews) are not happening anymore for me. Despite the last update claiming to fix LaTeX rendering, in some cases, negatives still do not display in LaTeX equations.
Too Expensive
AppInZero
Whomever sold my professor on using this service should be promoted. However this apps subscription service is too much for what the app offers. There’s plenty of services that offer the exact same product for free. As a student who pays for tuition, rent, car insurance, food, etc. I cannot afford to budget this app because my professor wants me to use it for ONE semester.
Are there negative stars?
dissatisfied faculty
Twice as much time for a third of the functionality vs other classroom response systems. Yuck!!
$70 for nothing
Kyle1122221122
I’ve had to renew, so now I have $70 invested in this app. If it wasn’t required I’d have never paid it. Overpriced, poorly designed and maintained software. I have to beg my professor for the points I miss because of glitches. Awful.
Needs push notifications
NYCXI
Mobile app needs push notifications, semester price should be cheaper. Poor UI. Very disappointing. What a waste of VC funding.
Issues
Vikingmad
LaTeX rendering not working properly. App frequently crashes while using. Can't believe I wasted my money on this.
Taking advantage of college students
Laplac3
Freshman year I buy a $50 plastic remote so I can answer questions in class, and I wonder "why can't I just use my phone for this?" Now guess what? That remote is useless! Can't sell it either, because everyone is using Tophat, on their phones! But wait, not only do I have to buy $200 more worth of new textbooks with online access codes again, I need a SUBSCRIPTION for Tophat! Do I pay for one semester? Do I risk buying two semesters not knowing if they'll SWITCH TO SOMETHING ELSE next time?! I have no idea! But then again, what's $30 more to the already unimaginable cost of an education? Surely the app itself well designed software worth the money and will be a great utility to help me study and keep up in class, right? Nope, the app is terrible! The interface is unintuitive and slow. I've missed attendance grades and in class questions that I knew the answer to but could't EVEN FIND in this app. In example: You have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the presentation slides to find that question the professor just put up, but better hurry, you only have a few more seconds before it closes! They probably want me to fail the class by being unable to actually do anything so I have to pay for the class, the app, and my textbook's one semester access codes again. Speaking of which: It would be nice if you could get access codes bundled together with your textbooks like I've seen done with other software. Or I guess we could if our professor choose the Tophat™ textbook. The mandatory bluetooth and location services are annoying, and visibly eat my phone’s battery life, but at least I can turn them off while I’m not using the app. Alright, I saw that update. You read and act on all your reviews, even the one star ones. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and despite hating the software, I will add another star if you add the following: Give a push notification whenever the professor opens a question or displays attendance codes, so you can tap it and be brought directly there, even if you are in another program at the time. On the bright side, and the only reason I’m (reluctantly) giving this two stars, is that after reading other reviews and the update log, Tophat is at least trying to some extent to make their service better, which is more than can be said for many other businesses that prey on students. One problem I wanted to mention a few weeks ago has already been fixed since then. While I still feel sorry for anyone who’s grades depend on this service, the least we can do is try to make it better for the next class.